Good Night, Little Engine

Janet Lawler’s first picture book, IF KISSES WERE COLORS (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2003), received numerous favorable reviews, was chosen as a Main Selection by the Children’s Book of the Month Club and is in its fifth print run. It has been published in the U.K., and translated into Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Hebrew. Her other work includes A FATHER’S SONG (Sterling Publishing, 2006), A MAMA BUG’S LOVE (Little Simon, 2006), and TYRANNOCLAUS (HarperCollins, 2009). Janet has also been published by Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine, Shoofly audio magazine, educational publisher Evan-Moor, and Highlights Magazine. Family and nature are two of Janet’s favorite themes.

Jill Howarth began her career as a senior designer and art director at Hasbro Toys, then transitioned into full-time illustration. Her previous illustrated children’s books include The ABCs of Christmas; 1-2-3, You Love Me; Jingle Bells; and The 12 Days of Christmas. She lives in Westborough, Massachusetts. You can visit her online at jillhowarth.com.

Watty Piper was a pen name of Arnold Munk, an owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk. Arnold Munk was born in Hungary and, as a child, moved with his family to Chicago. He later moved to New York, where he died in 1957. Arnold Munk used the name Watty Piper as both an author of children’s books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published.